Wike dismisses PDP-APM alliance, says Makinde’s presidential ambition ‘dead on arrival’

By Philip Yatai

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has dismissed the presidential ambition of Oyo governor Seyi Seyi Makinde describing it as dead on arrival

Wike said this while dismissing the purported alliance entered into between a faction of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) backed by Makinde and the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) in Ibadan on Thursday.

Makinde had at a grand rally held after the signing of the agreement declared that he would contest the presidency on the platform of PDP-APM in the 2027 election.

But Wike, who is also the leader of another faction of denied that the party has entered into any such agreement.

The minister further alleged that the gathering in Ibadan on Thursday was facilitated by Gov. Seyi Makinde to pursue his personal presidential ambition under the platform of APM.

“What you have is Makinde joining APM to be able to actualise his presidential ambition, which is already dead-on arrival,” the minister said.

Wike spoke to journalists after inspecting the ongoing 13-kilometre Gomani to Yangoje road project in Kwali Area Council, Abuja.

He said the claim of APM-PDP alliance was merely a political imagination.

He said both the PDP and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) were not aware of the existence of such an alliance.

“There’s no alliance between PDP and APM or any other political party, as the case may be. INEC also knows that there’s nothing called the PDP-APM alliance.

“The ongoing political activities within the PDP, including the screening of aspirants, clearly showed that the party remained independent and had not entered into any coalition arrangement.

“PDP has presented a presidential candidate. Watch out who will be submitted to INEC and see whether there’s anything called PDP-APM,” he added.

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